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@factcheck.afp.comOld videos purportedly showing the recent student protests in France are being shared in a false context. We found the clips were actually filmed in Paris during a 2022 protest and as PSG fans celebrated in 2026 u.afp.com/SCw6
@factcheck.afp.comSocial media users shared a graphic with the logo of Malaysia's Election Commission claiming to announce dates for the Malacca state poll. But the new dates were fabricated, while the commission dismissed the false claim u.afp.com/SCU6
@factcheck.afp.comAfter the US Supreme Court suspended the Trump administration's proposed changes to sending materials to voters, experts told AFP mail-in ballots can be sent via the postal service or taken to a secure drop box. ✍️ Marisha Goldhamer / Cecilia Clemens Vargas Lugo 💻️ Natalie Handel 🎶 Audio Network
@factcheck.afp.comMeteorologist retracts AI-hallucinated map of Hurricane Isaias.
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@factcheck.afp.com🇪🇹 Amid the renewed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, images shared online claiming to show Ethiopian soldiers on the streets of the regional capital Mekelle are AI-generated.
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@factcheck.afp.comActivists marched through Nairobi in September demanding the release of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye. But videos and a photo shared as scenes from the march are from old, unrelated protests in Kenya.
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@factcheck.afp.comAs student-led protests over overcrowded classrooms and teacher shortages erupted across France, social media posts falsely linked this old footage to the clashes. We found it was filmed during pension reform demonstrations in January 2023.
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@factcheck.afp.comRussia has not confirmed if a woman employed at a plague research institute died from the disease.
But on social media, influencers are using concerns about the plague to push the necessity of purchasing a $300 kit claimed to help people avoid emergency room visits.
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@factcheck.afp.com🏒 Canada's public broadcaster lost longstanding rights to air National Hockey League games, but the Saturday night program now airing will not only show cricket. It will feature multiple sports including the Professional Women's Hockey League.
@factcheck.afp.comDanish researcher Poul Thorsen pleaded guilty to stealing grant money for autism research, but social media posts claiming the admission invalidates a 2002 paper he co-authored showing no link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism are incorrect. Read more: u.afp.com/S9uF
@factcheck.afp.comWhat a person eats -- particularly the frequency of sugary food and drinks -- plays a role in tooth decay, but it is not possible to "heal" a cavity through diet changes alone as claimed by some on social media.
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@factcheck.afp.com"Stealing our water": conspiracy theories about billionaires follow droughts.
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@factcheck.afp.comA video purportedly showing Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed addressing the renewed conflict in Tigray is misleading. It is an edited clip from a November 2020 speech, delivered at the start of the first Tigray war.
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@factcheck.afp.comA fake "Times of India" front page claims to show Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed in an awkward greeting with India’s Narendra Modi at the BRICS summit in New Delhi. The entire front page is AI-generated.
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@factcheck.afp.comUS Senator flubs facts in accusing former prosecutor of perjury.
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@factcheck.afp.com🇪🇹 A video shared online purports to show Donald Trump urging peace in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region. But while the footage is real and shows Trump discussing his first job, the audio is AI-generated.
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@factcheck.afp.comFacebook posts have shared a video claiming it shows the Somali coast drying up amid Ethiopia's push for Red Sea port access. But the footage was filmed at the Alang shipbreaking yard in Gujarat, India.
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@factcheck.afp.com🇺🇬 False claims have spread online since the death of King Oyo of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom. A fabricated statement was presented as his last message, while old videos were recycled to falsely depict his final hours and the return of his body from the US.
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@factcheck.afp.comAs severe flooding inundated parts of Bangkok in late September, a video purportedly showing a long-tail boat cruising down a submerged city street circulated on social media. Although rescuers had to resort to inflatables and small boats, AFP found the footage was generated using AI.
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@factcheck.afp.comIran's President Masoud Pezeshkian showed photos of children killed in the early stages of the Iran war during his defiant speech at the UN General Assembly. But this image circulating online is AI-generated, and replaced the children's photo with synthetic visuals u.afp.com/AIPezeshkian...